You will all know lots of hard work and effort has gone into improving the Jubilee Recreation Field for the benefit of village children recently so it is with a heavy heart I write to inform you that the area has been vandalised.Someone has removed a large number of the canes that were inserted to support the newly planted hedge plants and trees. I personally am hugely disappointed by this wanton vandalism as I am fully aware of the effort that has been required to improve this village asset. Please can you all help by keeping an eye out for such behaviour and report it either to a Parish Councillor or the police. This disrespectful behaviour is not to be tolerated and if it reoccurs the police will be involved.
National Institute for Health Research – Patient and Public committee recruitment
The National Institute for Health Research is inviting patients, carers, services users and members of the public interested in health and social care to join a number of its national and regional research committees. The committees include public members, senior academics and NHS clinicians and practitioners, who together assess research proposals and make recommendations for funding.
The committees include public members, senior academics and NHS clinicians and practitioners, who together assess research proposals and make recommendations for funding. Further information can be found, here.
Your Council Tax
It’s that time of year when the new Council Tax bills are about to be sent out by Harrogate Borough Council (HBC). Your council tax pays for about 750 local services in our community.
It’s HBCs job to collect the entire council tax bill. They retain just over 12p in every £1 to cover the cost of the services they provide. 70p from each £1 of your council tax goes to North Yorkshire County Council, 14p pays for North Yorkshire Police and roughly 4p is for the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service.
Continue reading “Your Council Tax”New Estate Fencing and Trees
Those with good memories will recall that in 2019 we raised funds to replace the old estate fencing along the field on Wath Lane as you enter Staveley from Copgrove. We received a grant from the Allerton Park Landscape and Cultural Heritage Fund, which was then topped up by donations from residents and the estate landowner.
Boundary Improvement Works
During that winter we were able to have the tree work completed as shown above. This work involved removing dead wood and overhanging branches plus planting 5 replacement oaks. The replacement trees were then protected from the sheep using tree guards donated by the late Lord Mowbray. These works gave us a good idea of how smart this entrance to the village would be and we were all set for the next stage.
You don’t need us to explain why the project has been on hold for a while! However, the good news is that we are now getting back on track. Government regulations permitting, we will be forming a working party at the end of May ideally or beginning of June if needs be. This working party is needed to remove the current fence and prepare the site for the installation of the new fencing which we are having made locally.
Tasks within the working party will be varied. We will need people who can dig out and generally manhandle the old fence, load the skip, supply tea/coffee, watch no one strays onto the road or forgets about social distancing. Not being experts in these matters there are bound to be all sorts of tasks we are currently unaware of too.
So everyone, please can you help? We need an idea now of how many people we can call upon so we can be sure we can get the job done. Please let us know if you can help.
Email us at enquiries@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk.
See you there!
Copgrove gets new village signs.
The long awaited signs have now arrived and are installed. The signs are located on Wath Lane and Apron Lane to help identify the settlement of Copgrove.
Parish Clerk Appointment
The Parish Council appointed a new Parish Clerk / Responsible Financial Officer at its meeting on 9th February 2021. Liz Leatherbarrow starts in the role on 10th February 2021. Liz is also Deputy Clerk at Boroughbridge Town Council and lives in Harrogate.
Group for Appropriate Rural Development (GARD)
Following on from our recent news post about Jubilee Court on 21st December 2020, we are also aware that there are a number of local residents outside of Staveley and Copgrove raising concerns regarding the volume of traffic, particularly lorries, travelling through the area from the A1M. The latest planning application for Jubilee Court – 20/05185/FUL – has the potential to increase the traffic volume.
With this in mind, a leaflet is being distributed in the area which may be of interest to Parish residents. We currently have no contact details for the campaign group.
You can read the leaflet here.
Information on the latest Covid-19 text message scam
There have been reports of a new scam where a person receives a text saying they need to book a vaccination appointment and it takes them to a fake NHS form which then asks for their bank details to prove their identity.
If you have relatives who aren’t familiar with text message cons, please warn them about this latest coronavirus scam which is designed to trick people into handing over their credit card details to secure a vaccination appointment.
There is a texting scam leaflet you can download here.
The scam has been reported in the media here.
Home Library Service
Buddy Scheme Update January 2021
With the resurrection of the lockdown comes the resurrection of the buddy scheme.
Please can anyone who helped a specific household during the first lockdown get in touch with them again and check if there is anything they may need. There are a number of willing volunteers so even if you can’t actually offer the help required, someone else can, but only if we know about it.
Please ask and if needs be, get in touch with Helen (01423 340650 or helen.north@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk) so arrangements can be made. Anyone can receive help, please just ask. Whether it is for help with shopping, prescriptions or a friendly chat, you have neighbours ready to step up.
